From tonight’s public meeting a very loud message was given to the council and planners from local residents …. ‘We do not want an L&Q housing estate built on the Stow!’

Hundreds of local resident voiced their concerns about their privacy being invaded from 8 story tower blocks, the pressure on local schools places already at breaking point, problems with transport and parking, major concerns on the crime rate increasing in the area, the dangers of the flood plain being altered and the lack of leisure facilities the L&Q site will offer.

Lets just hope L&Q and the Council now listen to the what the residents of the Borough have to say.

10 Responses to Fantastic support from local residents at tonight’s meeting!

Very proud to be there tonight and be part of the very loud NO to L and Q. The support for the Stow is as strong as ever and I suspect will continue to grow as more and more focus on the nonsense that L and Q are coming out with. I thought the statement from Stella Creasey was excellent. The councillors who still support L and Q are becoming thankfully marginalised. The S106 provision is an insult. It is far too low and compensates the wrong people. There was no satisfactory response for the loss of jobs, school places, and extra parking needed…because
there are none. Normally these issues would have been swept away and dealt with under some report or consultation with the appropriate body and objections would normally have faded away. Not so with the Stow. I had to laugh at the parking arrangements. L and Q in their own words anticipate 5000 visitors per week (more than the greyhound track attracted) to use the leisure facilities. They allow 47 parking spaces for 1000 people per day plus the so called 200 jobs. Keep up the good work you have significant support. There are nearly 400 protestors in Enfield against
the L and Q CatHill development.

Maybe now the Council finally realise the severity on the matter regarding the Stow, Surely they must now see that no-one is in favour of L&Q’s plans. C’mon Councillors end this matter for the people off Waltham Forest, give us our track back, give us back the prime Hotspot the Stow was and still could be.

This week I will be canvassing with the leaflets for May 8th meeting at the town hall. As you say David, with God’s help we will have the right result for our Stow. When it reopens with the help of Mr. Moreton, we will value what this area has and make it great again!!.

All donations received will be used solely for the campaign to Save Our Stow. Regular account updates will be posted on our website and any monies remaining at the conclusion of our campaign will be donated to the Retired Greyhound Trust. Thank you for your support.

Local residents, voice your views and opinions

If any local residents would like to contact SOS directly - Rick Holloway is available by email: rickyjholloway@gmail.com or by phone: 07913 325674

Iain Duncan Smith (Secretary of State for Work and Pensions)

Iain will keep up the pressure on L&Q as he is determined to save the Stow for his constituents!

Stella Creasy MP

'In the words of Marks and Spencer, this isn’t just any dog track… this is the Walthamstow Stadium'

Mayor of London

'My vision for the regeneration of this site includes a range of leisure uses and new affordable housing with heritage assets protected and enhanced. Ideally, this would restore greyhound racing to this, its primary and historic home' - Mayor of London, Boris Johnson

Culture Minister

'It's the best surviving and most architecturally interesting vintage stadiums in the country, and a major East London landmark. It is only right that we should celebrate this architectural showpiece to popular entertainment by listing its key components' - Culture Minister, David Lammy

Save Walthamstow Cinema

Save Walthamstow Cinema hopes that Waltham Forest Council take the same decision with Walthamstow Stadium as they did with Walthamstow's EMD/Granada cinema. Namely to help safeguard it's future as one of the borough's most important leisure venues and heritage assets; providing a source of employment, pride, enjoyment and identity for future generations of Waltham Forest residents and visitors.

Residents views

No.1
Simply put L&Q have become a massive organisation and cash rich. They are doing what they want.
The land banking of the Stow site when there is a perfectly viable alternative proposal that will benefit all the community is almost criminal.
The delivery of social housing and affordable homes is now effectively privatised and these large organisations need feeding. I am not surprised they have ignored most of who will be affected as they have never asked anyone if they want the return of the Stow.
I hope the Councillors have seen through all this and refuse any L&Q applications until they learn to consult properly and react accordingly.

No.2
Did anyone notice that in last weeks waltham forest guardian there were no less that 3 seperate articles involving L&Q, In all 3 articles the residents of waltham forest disagree with L&Qs proposals and plans, yet L&Q still maintain “Thats its plans are shaped in consultation with local residents” are they talking about the 6% of local residents that were undecided whether they want greyhound racing to be returned to the “stow”. If L&Q are prepared to brush aside the wishes of 94% of local residents in order to get what they want then this says a lot about them as a charity, In my opinion, even though L&Q say thay will make a loss of £25 million if they redevelop the stow, The executives will probably earn tens of thousands of pounds from tendering contracts to various building companies and trades who will be queing up to do the work, i wonder where this money will go? i doubt if it will end up in L&Qs bank account, maybe thats why they are happy to make a loss of £25 million of taxpayers money so that they can beef up their own bank accounts. This whole affair leaves a very nasty taste in my mouth,
It is now time for the government to step in and put an end to this blatant wastage of taxpayers money and bring those responsable to justice, L&Qs behavior makes the MPs expenses scandal look like petty.